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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Columbia's Top Quality Teachers!

The other day I was listening to a speaker and he told a
story about a pot.As he held up the old
commercial steel pot, he said that although it was over 20 years old, it was
still in good condition and would last many more years producing great meals at
the soup kitchen.He asked us to think
about how many things had been cooked in the pot and how it had fed many people
over the years.Then This pot was a top
quality commercial pot, built to last.As he continued his talk, he mentioned that while we may purchase pots and
pans that may seem more glitzy or appear to be a great deal, if they were made
of low quality, of sub-par materials, or of poor craftsmanship, they will
eventually bend and break.

he talked about the
quality of the pot.

Similar to the quality pot, Columbia School District is
built on quality.Columbia School
District has many excellent highly qualified teachers teaching our
children.Earlier this year Columbia
Central High School teacher Mr. Kevin Miller was nominated for the Michigan
Teacher of the year for the American Legion.His nomination was based on his impact on the Columbia community.The quality of the Columbia Central
Leadership program, like the quality of the pot, has stood the test of time and
impacted the community by providing the Forum program for the high school
students, which has been reproduced at other Jackson County high schools.In addition, the activities and community
impact strategies Mr. Miller instills in his students through the Leadership
program changes lives for the better.The Leadership students sponsor blood drives, facilitate the Hope Run,
and work with the Brooklyn Buddies.Mr.
Miller’s contributions to the community also include his coaching, and
especially his many years of coaching varsity softball and football at Columbia
Central.

Columbia School District has many quality teachers, staff
and administrators.This past spring
Mrs. Angie Hogle was awarded Teacher of the Year by the Brooklyn-Irish Hills
Chamber of Commerce.Her positive
enthusiastic focus on educational opportunities for her students is
infectious!When you enter her room you
see the children engrossed in one of many learning opportunities and Mrs. Hogle
leading the way.Over the past couple
years Mrs. Hogle has written grants and worked to accumulate STEM activities to
enhance the learning environment for her students.In addition, to her work with students during
the school year, Mrs. Hogle spent time the past two summers teaching robotics
to first and second graders in our summer program.

Living by the motto, “let a book be your ticket to the world”,
Mrs. Schmidt has opened the eyes of Columbia Central junior high students to the
world around them.She helps students
who never have been interested in reading to love getting into the next
book.Her students have had an
opportunity to expand their ability to write and several of her students
recently placed in a county-wide a poetry contest.Many of her former students who have moved
onto college, often talk about their junior high English class and give Mrs.
Schmidt the credit for teaching them to be a great writers.

One aspect of the quality education Columbia students
receive is the opportunity to experience using technology.Mr. Moore teaches technology in education to kindergartners
through sixth grade students.His
students use Chromebooks, iPads and learn how to create web pages, write code,
and create technology.In addition to
his work during the school day, Mr. Moore works with students in our football
and track programs.

Together the highly qualified teachers at Columbia make a
difference in the lives of our children each and every day.Columbia has stood the test of time, being an
impressive successful educational learning environment filled with quality
employees: amazing teachers, and many fabulous instructional aides, staff
members, and administrators.Just like
the top quality pot, lasting the test of time, Columbia will continue providing
excellence in education for years to come.If you are interested in learning more about Columbia, email me at Pamela.Campbell@myeagles.org or
call 5175926641.